New York A 10649: Relates to authorizing an exemption for class one capital improvements to residential buildings and certain new construction in a special assessing unit that is not a city

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A10649 Summary:

BILL NOA10649 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00079

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SPONSORZaccaro

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2590-h, Ed L

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Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change.

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BILL NOA10649 

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03/19/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10649

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 19, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that all
 special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or
 to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to
 the implementation of the closing or change

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 2-a of section 2590-h
 2 of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) Such educational impact statement shall include the following
 5 information regarding the proposed school closing or significant change
 6 in school utilization:
 7 (i) the current and projected pupil enrollment of the affected school,
 8 the prospective need for such school building, the ramifications of such
 9 school closing or significant change in school utilization upon the
 10 community, initial costs and savings resulting from such school closing
 11 or significant change in school utilization, the potential disposability
 12 of any closed school;
 13 (ii) the impacts of the proposed school closing or significant change
 14 in school utilization to any affected students;
 15 (iii) an outline of any proposed or potential use of the school build-
 16 ing for other educational programs or administrative services;
 17 (iv) the effect of such school closing or significant change in school
 18 utilization on personnel needs, the costs of instruction, adminis-
 19 tration, transportation, and other support services;
 20 (v) the type, age, and physical condition of such school building,
 21 maintenance, and energy costs, recent or planned improvements to such
 22 school building, and such building's special features;
 23 (vi) the ability of other schools in the affected community district
 24 to accommodate pupils following the school closure or significant change
 25 in school utilization, including a list of such schools with each
 26 school's most recently available enrollment, utilization rate, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00529-01-5

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 1 percentage of special education pupils and the total number of special
 2 education students impacted by the school closure or the change in
 3 school utilization; and
 4 (vii) information regarding such school's academic performance includ-
 5 ing whether such school has been identified as a school under registra-
 6 tion review or has been identified as a school requiring academic
 7 progress, a school in need of improvement, or a school in corrective
 8 action or restructuring status.
 9 (e) (i) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
 10 sion, all proposed school closings or significant changes in school
 11 utilization shall be approved by the city board pursuant to section
 12 twenty-five hundred ninety-g of this article and shall not take effect
 13 until all the provisions of this subdivision have been satisfied and the
 14 school year in which such city board approval was granted, has ended.
 15 (ii) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
 16 sion, no proposed school closing or significant change in school utili-
 17 zation shall take effect until all special education pupils in the
 18 affected school have been assigned to new schools within the city of New
 19 York and the chancellor has verified that each new school